Edgars Kaufelds

Edgars Kaufelds was born in Riga and grew up in Čiekurkalns. He attended Riga Secondary School No. 8 and went on to train in pastry making, baking and confectionery at the Riga Secondary School for Food Producers. In 2008, he graduated from the Latvian Academy of Culture’s Department of Screen and Theatre Arts, where he studied drama directing, and joined the Latvian Puppet Theatre.

He sees puppet theatre as an inexhaustible art form and considers bringing a puppet to life its most demanding and magical task. His first role as a puppeteer was in Carmen. The Female Version, a production for adults.

Actor and stage director at the Latvian Puppet Theatre since 2008. Chief Stage Director since 2023.